solderless breadboard and idc connector question

[Jack Snodgrass]

This may be a stupid question ( or the wrong group ) but....
Is there a 'standard' way to attach an IDC connector to a solderless
breadboard?

If you just plug in an IDC header, pins 1&2, 3&4, 5&6, etc will
all be connected so I can't do this.

Right now, I have a bunch of wires stuck into the IDC Female
connector and then plugged into the breadboard, but that's not
very stable.

Thanks - jack

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Jack Snodgrass wrote:

This may be a stupid question ( or the wrong group ) but....
Is there a 'standard' way to attach an IDC connector to a solderless
breadboard?

If you just plug in an IDC header, pins 1&2, 3&4, 5&6, etc will
all be connected so I can't do this.

Right now, I have a bunch of wires stuck into the IDC Female
connector and then plugged into the breadboard, but that's not
very stable.

Thanks - jack

You can plug a second cable to the first with a header to reverse the
pin numbers a second time.
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Take care, and God bless.
Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[CFoley1064]

This may be a stupid question ( or the wrong group ) but....
Is there a 'standard' way to attach an IDC connector to a solderless
breadboard?

If you just plug in an IDC header, pins 1&2, 3&4, 5&6, etc will
all be connected so I can't do this.

Right now, I have a bunch of wires stuck into the IDC Female
connector and then plugged into the breadboard, but that's not
very stable.

Thanks - jack

Good morning, Jack. There isn't a standard way that I'm aware of, but I can
offer two suggestions:

1) Use a small piece of perfboard along with an IDC header and two rows of wire
wrap SIP socket pins to build an adapter which plugs into the Ace board (did
this one -- ouch for the Ace board sockets, wire wrap posts are a little big).

2) If your IDC connector is 14, 16, 24 or 40 pins, you might want to try one
of the DIP terminated IDC connectors (shown on p. 22 of the current DigiKey
catalog) with your standard IDC on the other end (they don't make these --
you'd have to terminate the standard IDC side yourself). (Should've thought
far enough ahead to try this one).

Neither of these options is going to do wonders for high speed signals, but
since you're using a solderless breadboard that's not really an issue.

Good luck
Chris

 

[R. Steve Walz]

Jack Snodgrass wrote:

This may be a stupid question ( or the wrong group ) but....
Is there a 'standard' way to attach an IDC connector to a solderless
breadboard?

If you just plug in an IDC header, pins 1&2, 3&4, 5&6, etc will
all be connected so I can't do this.

Right now, I have a bunch of wires stuck into the IDC Female
connector and then plugged into the breadboard, but that's not
very stable.

Thanks - jack
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IDC uses big square pins that are too big for solderless BB holes.
Solder the smaller pins suitable for SBB's to each pin, and plug it
in.

-Steve
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